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Re: Legality of Downwards-Sloping Ramps
One thing that I haven't seen mentioned is that there are two fundamental parts to a ramp: the downward sloping part that gets the minibot to the pole, and the upward sloping part that transforms the horizontal movement into vertical movement. I think they have been regarded as the same, but they should be regarded separately.
The downward sloping part should be considered legal, I think. Energy-wise, it's no different from storing the energy in a spring, or however else you're getting the minibot to the pole. A downward sloping ramp with a horizontal end seems perfectly legal to me.
The upward sloping part is the part that transforms any horizontal momentum into vertical momentum, and this is the part that I think is illegal. This is the piece that separates "Energy for vertical movement" which is forbidden in G19 from energy for horizontal movement, which is necessary to get the minibot to the pole.
I hope there's no flaw in my logic.
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